Collaborate Disseminate
Trend Micro has confirmed reports that some of its Mac consumer products were silently sending users’ browser history to its servers, and apologised to customers for any “concern they might have felt.”
But apparently it’s the users’ fault anyway for no… Continue reading Trend Micro apologises after Mac apps found scooping up users’ browser history
Within hours of British Airways admitting that it had suffered a serious security breach, with hackers accessing customer data and the full details of 380,000 payment cards, a British law firm announced that it was launching a £500m group action agains… Continue reading Law firm launches £500 million group action over British Airways hack
Apple has removed “Adware Doctor” from the macOS App Store amid claims that the program was uploading browser histories to China. And it turns out that wasn’t the only popular app stealing users’ private information.
Read more in my article on the Tri… Continue reading Apps that steal users’ browser histories kicked out of the Mac App store
Apple has removed “Adware Doctor” from the macOS App Store amid claims that the program was uploading browser histories to China. And it turns out that wasn’t the only popular app stealing users’ private information.
The post Apps that steal usersR… Continue reading Apps that steal users’ browser histories kicked out of the Mac App store
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British police have announced that they have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a series of hoax bomb threats and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Teenage hacker admits making hoax bomb threats against schools and airlines
British police have announced that they have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a series of hoax bomb threats and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. George Duke-Cohan (who goes by online aliases such as “7R1D3N7”, R… Continue reading Teenage hacker admits making hoax bomb threats against schools and airlines
Hackers have stolen the personal and payment card information of hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers from its website.
Continue reading British Airways hacked – customer data and details of 380,000 card payments stolen
Unpopular podcasts are manipulating Apple Podcasts to artificially inflate their ranking, and get themselves a coveted place towards the top of the charts.
Continue reading How to manipulate Apple’s podcast charts, and get yourself a top-rated show
What’s the danger when browser extensions go bad? Is Twitter sharing your online status a boon for stalkers? And which of the show’s hosts is going to admit to cheating in their exams?
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of t… Continue reading Smashing Security #094: Rogue browser extensions, Twitter presence, and how to cheat in exams